Slashdot has already had plenty of Digg moments, and the current dismal amount of user activity there is fine enough proof of that. There was Jon Katz, the moderation wars, hot grits and all the other trolls, the non-stop complaining about the story submission / selection process, the multiple redesigns (including the big redesign that everyone hated, years ago), the sale to Dice...

Not everything ends the same way. Some things never really end.

That's interesting, I didn't know about their relation to SourceForge. But I guess every one of those giant sites would have a Digg moment if not really well taken care of.

I remember the first time when Slashdot was suggested to me by my professor teaching OS 304. (5 years ago)

I don't know, Digg has been more useful these days. I'm not so sure about /. anymore.